President Obama signed the Intercountry adoption Universal Accreditation Act on January 14, 2013. The DOS published the following Announcement on the Universal Accreditation Act: On January 14, 2013, the President signed The Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012 (UAA), one of the last bills passed in the final days of the 112th Congress. The effective date of the …
Category: IAA
Legislative Update: Universal Accreditation Introduced
Two identical bills were recently introduced, one in the House, one in the Senate, to amend the Intercountry Adoption Act, expanding the requirement for accreditation for all US adoption agencies offering intercountry adoption services. Both versions have been introduced and are now in Committee. The full text of the amendments can be found here (they are identical): House version: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr6027/textSenate …